Trauma Recovery Center
Empowering trauma victims. Helping families heal & thrive.
Help victims heal
Your tax-deductible contributions help support programs that heal those wounded by traumatic violence and human trafficking. There is so much gratitude for your generosity and compassion.
You are not alone.
Lotus Island Oasis
Our healing programs are based in art, agriculture & adventure. Immersed in the natural beauty of Hawaii, we create strategies for those severely impacted by trauma to help restore physical & mental health: Turning pain into power.
Lotus Island Oasis
Heal body, mind and soul
Therapeutic Agriculture Programs
Therapeutic Agriculture Programs
Building new neural pathways can help heal brains that have been altered due to trauma. Our programs are designed specifically to do that.
Therapeutic Agriculture Programs
Therapeutic Agriculture Programs
Therapeutic Agriculture Programs
The trauma recovery center has healing orchards. Gardening and farm work directly provides grounding for victims who tend to disassociate due to trauma.
Immerse in nature
Therapeutic Agriculture Programs
Immerse in nature
Forest therapy, and exercise have been shown to be as effective as Prozac, with no side-effects. We have abundant options at Lotus Island Oasis Trauma Recovery Center. Our programs include multiple forms of therapy because each person responds to specific therapeutic programs differently.
Lotus Island Oasis
Cultivate Joy and create positive memories.
Cultivate Joy and create positive memories.
Cultivate Joy and create positive memories.
Forge a new path
Cultivate Joy and create positive memories.
Cultivate Joy and create positive memories.
Positive reinforcement creates new pathways in the brain, and can help release some of the stress cortisol that can becomes the default response in trauma victims.
Experience therapy animals
Experience therapy animals
Experience therapy animals
Non-Judgmental love comes in all forms.
Diverse, Nutritious meals
Experience therapy animals
Experience therapy animals
All of the meals and snacks have been carefully planned to ensure optimal nutrition, and particularly to restore nutrients that are depleted from chronic stress.
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Building resilience
Building resilience
Building resilience
Letting go of judgment. Creating new patterns.
Music Therapy
Building resilience
Building resilience
So many options for healing self-expression are available (*individual shown is a model and not a victim--we strictly protect our client's privacy!)
The healing sea
Building resilience
The healing sea
Immersed in the warm, healing ocean, our clients often find a medatative sense of peace. We have a trained marine biologist, SUP and snorkeling instructor on staff at LIO Trauma Recovery Center.
Pet therapy
Pet therapy
The healing sea
*models shown are not clients, but represent our clients who include: child rape survivors, kidnapping victims, human trafficking victims, children who have witnessed the violent death of a family member, those who have had to testify in court against a family member, those subjected to long term abuse and torture. We include family units and individuals in our programs. We strictly protect client privacy
Art Therapy
Pet therapy
Art Therapy
Art can express what may not be possible to put into words. This can help trauma victims release the pain. Creating art can be empowering, freeing and often helps instill a sense of pride where there may have been unwarranted shame.
Trauma-informed staff
After sexual or domestic violence, especially when compounded by the court system, families are often left with jagged emotions, a sense of despair, health issues and difficulty moving forward in a positive way. Lotus Island Oasis Trauma Recovery Center is a program that helps individuals heal, helps family units heal, and helps contribute to a safer and healthier community.
Lotus Island Oasis helps trauma victims reclaim thier lives
Compassionate, Capable Guides
Our trauma-informed staff support trauma/torture victims on a healing journey. At Lotus Island Oasis Trauma Recovery Center, (LIO) we are empowering victims to become survivors. We strive to create safe, positive experiences. Focusing on joy helps build new pathways in the brain, and reframing traumatic experiences in a safe environment can be quite effective. This can prevent unprocessed trauma and resentment from perpetuating sabotaging behaviors, prevent transference and intergenerational abuse, and replace self-medication to numb the trauma with more effective strategies. Healed people help people.
What we offer, and how we hope to expand
The Big Island of Hawaii has been a healing center for thousands of years. In the gentle climate of LIO Trauma Recovery Center, clients are immersed in nature: organic gardens, orchards and animal therapy. Clients who have been victims of kidnapping, human trafficking, sexual or domestic assault and other ongoing trauma have the option to participate in so many therapeutic programs including: EMDR, CBT, Tapping (EFT); excercise therapy, Art & Music therapy.
We help release the trauma stored in the body(somatic healing.)
In the midst of resiliency-building adventures, there are plenty of expertly structured programs, designed by licensed clinical psychologists and trauma therapists to guide individuals and familes through a healing process. This allows those who have been subjected to torture to gain an empowered perspective, and to move forward with a sense of balance. LIO is an effective antidote to the trauma.
Lotus Island Oasis wher trauma victims reclaim their lives.
Your donations are tax deductible.
We have an IRS 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt determination.
Employer ID Number 84-4989034
DLN: 26053488010071
Our organization has a "Certificate of Good Standing" with the State of Hawaii.
Please email us at: lotusislandoasis@gmail.com
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